No, if I were Bush, I would have taken control, declared martial law or whatever was necessary, Sat am, before the storm, when Blanco failed to follow my orders immediately, and left it to the courts to sort out later. That is assuming I thought I could make a difference. I would have called the US military to find that out. If it got me impeached, fine. But of course it would not have.
Certainly you would have been impeached, and rightfully so. You take an oath to uphold the laws, you break the laws, you get impeached and convicted. That is as it should be. That would be the courageous part of making such a move. As it will turn out though, this is not the disaster that it could have been or was represented. It is bad enough, mind you, but it could have been far, far worse.
In my opinion, it was the failure of the local, state and federal government to evacuate NO BEFORE the storm that was the problem. That NO had far greater chance of flooding than NOT before the hurricane, was obvious to anyone with a brain cell.
Bush and Blanco were on a high profile vehicle this morning driving through New Orleans. I realize that Bush is trying to be a gentlemen but Blanco doesn't deserve that kind of treatment. She should be impeached if anybody is left in La to start a recall petition.